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Show Roosevelt's triumphal tour, or even iho approach of iho comet." Officials of That City Wi;l Allow the Contest San Francisco. May IS. !t appears J to be a generally accepted tiling now J that the Jeffries-Johnson tight will I take place in this city instead of at Emeryville or at any other point across the bay on Independence day. Rlckard and Gleason are nou-commit-tal on the subject, but their ar-lMty in seeking out oftleiols who iiave the say-so as to local ring contests, Is regarded re-garded as tantamount to an oral confirmation con-firmation of the plan No difficulty in securing permission permis-sion lo hold tho fight litre is anticipated antici-pated for the promoters, but in order to comply with the articles of agreement agree-ment covering the battle it will be necessary for Rlckard and Gleason lo have the citv officials make a special concession relative to the number of rounds. Forty-live rounds or no light, says the regulations in effect, and that is Just 2j rounds more than included in-cluded in the purview of the loral ordinance governing boxing exhibitions exhibi-tions It Is thought, however, that no , objection will be forthcoming from i the authorities to the extension of this particular event beyond the usual limit. The permit is expected lo be granted next Monday afternoon In view of the new turn tho situation situa-tion has taken, the filing by Ixniis Blot and Milton T. Clark, represtnta-j represtnta-j fives of a local athletic club, of a petition pe-tition for leave to buil 1 a big open-air open-air arena wilhln the city limits is looked upon as significant. II is proposed pro-posed to expend $u.(hiu on this roof-lers roof-lers building, jind the plans call for a seating capacity of ll.r.no. Work on the FiTucture will be begun at once. Neither of the men seeking this building permit will discuss the possibility pos-sibility of staging the big battle. Other advantageous sites for the holding of tiie light are also being j discussed. Severn! new men will be tried out as training adversaries by Jack Johnson John-son In h's second boxing affair this I afternoon. -- - Would Bs a Dircirace. ' Berkeley, Cel.. My IS Charles S. WheebT, .'. well known attorney of San Francisco and an alumnus of the Unhersity of Califenia. In addressing address-ing one of the gatherings at tho Greek theater yesterday upon the celebration of the golden Jubilee at the collope, denounced the Jeffries-Johnson Jeffries-Johnson fight, saying that It would he a disgrace to California to permit it to be held within the state. i. Governor Favors the Fight. Chicago, Mnv IS. Governor J. N". Gillett of California, who passed through Chicugo on his way home from Washington, discussing the move to transfer the Jeffries-Johnson light from the Emeryville rare, track to San Francisco, said: " The only tiling the club will have to do Is to go before the board of supervisors su-pervisors and obtain a permit The law authorizes the contort to take place and thc-e Is nobody in prevent it. I haven't the slightest doubt the club can gi t a permit in San Frnu-I Frnu-I cisco without any trouble. j "i-nmiiu: ll.il llir- l.'iu- Is n in fie to provide only for amateur contests is answered by the section which provides pro-vides lhat the contestants must be examined by physicians before entering enter-ing the ring. If the law anticipated amateur contests, it is not likely t!ie provision would have been male. "The f-ght seems fo be of the biggest big-gest national intere.-t. and I do not believe there is any desire to pro-vent pro-vent it. While I haven't board from home since leaving on this trip. I do not believe nnv sentiment asnlnst the j minting has taken form. "It will bring hundreds of persons to the coast and leave thousands of dollars In San Francisco and will bo a big thing. "Judging by the way our party has been met an l the qaestions put to us, there Is no question about the interest inter-est In the fight. To tlv people c.r the west, at least, It is a bigger thing than the passage of legislation. |